Dane, Nathan | Historic Beverly

008.030.005 - Document

Document from John and Lydia Cabot relating to the will of Andrew Cabot witnessed by Nathan Dane. Entered into Registry of Deeds by John Pickering on June 18, 1793.

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008.050.001 - Book

A small leather bound booklet containing handwritten genealogical material on the Leech and Whitney families. There is also material on Nathan Dane and a list of all physicians in Beverly since 1677. They include: Samuel Hardy, Robert Hale, Robert Hale, Jr., John Herrick, Benjamin Jones, Israel Woodbury, Isaac Spofford, Larkin Thorndike, Joseph Orne, Nathan Lakeman, Barnard Tucker, Elisha Whitney, Joshua Fisher, Abner Howe, Josiah Batchelder, ...

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12088 - Booklet

A softcovered 1792 receipt booklet belonging to William Bartlett for bonds and notes.

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12328 - Document

1784 document from the state of Massachusetts to the sheriff of Essex County requiring him or his deputy to attach goods or estate of Joseph Fairfield of Wenham for money he owed Nathan Dane. The document is signed both by Dane and by William Dodge, Deputy Sheriff.

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12753 - Letter

1796 letter from Nathan Dane to Captain John Lovett regarding the Schooner Polly and various cruises to the West Indies and France

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Carte-de-visite

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24629 - Receipt

This is a bill Willam Bartlett is ordered to pay Andrew and John Cabot for a variety of different goods like cord wood, lemons, plank board, cable, and cordage and odd jobs.

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24666 - Journal

1788 - 1859 journal of the Essex Bridge Corporation, including a statement explaining the value of a bridge crossing the river between Salem and Beverly, a list of shareholders and minutes of meetings.

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24667 - Journal

1788 - 1854 Journal of accounts of shareholders in the Essex Bridge Corporation with an alphabetical listing of shareholders and their accounts. On the inside front cover are two blue Essex Bridge passes, dated 1811 which entitled the bearer, Foster Young, to "pass and repass" with his "pleasure carriage"

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25324 - Account

1804 account of Hephzebah Thorndike from Nathan Dane regarding a petition to the Court of Common pleas and appearance at the Court and fees in the amount of $9.72

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25531 - Document

1798 document, a "commissioners warrent" from the State of Massachusetts appointing the board of assessors for the towns of Boxford, Rowley and Bradford. This was to fulfill a Federal law passed July 1798 to assess the value of lands and dwelling houses and to count the number of slaves within the United States.

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363 - Record

A list of subscribers that believed a local bank would be beneficial to the city. They put together eighty-thousand dollars to accomplish their gaol.

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3705 - Document

Two printed "Prospectus, Or Concise View of a General Abridgment and Digest of American Law", written by Nathan Dane, giving the description of proposed volumes to be written, for use by lawyers and students. The final page of this document contains a paragraph by Joseph Story, endorcing the project.

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7544 - Letter

1786 letter from Nathan Dane to S. Phillips. Dane wrote from New York during a session of Congress under the Articles of Confederation regarding the many issues that were under consideration to revise the Articles.

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7546 - Deed

1786 deed from Nathan and Polly Dane to Mark Morse recorded in Essex County Registry of Deed 7 Feb 1787 by John Pickering

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7548 - Account

1789 account between Nathan Dane and John Lovett regarding the Sloop Polly and the Sloop Lydia.

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7549 - Receipt

1790 receipt from Nathan Dane to John Deming, who represented the committee examining claims of unsettled accounts of the Commonweath of Massachusetts against the United States.

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7553 - Letter

1792 letter from Nathan Dane to Samuel Phillips regarding an upcoming trip to Philadelphia. Dane thanks Phillips for finding a boarding place for his "kinsman". It seems that this kinsman will be attending an academy and his family doesn't know people where this academy is located. There is no address except for the name of Samuel Phillips. Dane was writing from Beverly.

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